Xi Yan's Surprise, Destroy an Island?

"Isn't this fusion speed a bit too fast?"

Brook was stunned as he watched the enormous creature moving toward them from behind.

At this rate, the opponent will soon reach its complete form.

"Could this guy have been watching us from the very beginning?" Zoro said with a grim expression.

Could it be that they did something to anger the other party when they passed through the Hot Land?

For example... killing that dragon?

It's not impossible.

"It shouldn't be."

Xi Yan looked up at the direction of the snow-capped mountain and said, "When they first vomited that stuff, they were heading towards the research institute, so I suspect they were trying to go there."

"That's the same direction we're heading!"

"That's true," Xi Yan said with a hint of helplessness.

Although their target wasn't them, their destination was the same.

"We have to get to the research institute before this guy," Zoro said.

This will also prevent Luffy and his crew from being attacked by this random thing.

Just then, Brook shouted, "Hey everyone, look! There's a ball up ahead!"

"Ball?"

"No...that should be a candy," Xi Yan said.

He felt that the thing was more like candy than a ball.

"Candy?"

Brook stared in disbelief. "Why are there such big candies?"

Is this reasonable?

"Maybe... it's for that thing in the back to eat?" Xi Yan asked uncertainly.

Such a big candy is definitely for a huge creature.

"You mean..."

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, turned to look at the giant salamander and said, "Was this guy's only goal from the beginning to come here to eat candy?"

If that's the case, he has reason to suspect that the creature was raised by someone else.

"It's just a guess."

Xi Yan glanced at the enormous creature as well and said, "But that possibility isn't out of the question."

"Shall we go take a look?"

"What are you looking at?"

Xi Yan rolled her eyes at Kin'emon and said, "Don't you know that curiosity killed the cat?"

He has immortality, which allows him to go on adventures, but Zoro, Sanji, and Brook don't!

These two guys are really going to die if they're killed!

Therefore, he had to consider the safety of these three people before taking action.

Kin'emon blinked upon hearing this, as if it made sense.

Forget it, let's hurry to the research institute to save Momonosuke!

"I've arrived, Momonosuke!"

"Profound!"

Watching Kin'emon charging forward with a roar, Sanji's lips twitched as he remarked, "This guy really has boundless energy..."

It's amazing that he's still so energetic after just surviving a life-or-death situation.

"After all, this guy is going to rescue his son."

"Yohohohoho~"

Although he didn't know what it felt like to have a son, he figured it was probably similar to the feeling of wanting to save a friend, so Brook could understand him.

The others were somewhat helpless upon hearing this, but they didn't say anything more. Instead, they quickly chased after Kin'emon and soon caught up with him.

"Hey, look! There's someone under that candy!" Zoro said, pointing to the sled under the candy.

"Not only are there people, but there's also a dragon."

Xi Yan stared at the dragon in front of the sled, a look of keen interest on his face, and said, "I didn't expect there to be a living dragon besides that big guy. Interesting!"

Could this guy also be one of those dragons created by Vegapunk?

Hmm... I wonder if it tastes a little better than that big one?

"Your eyes..."

Sanji's lips twitched. "You wouldn't happen to want to taste this guy, would you?"

"Yes, that's the idea."

"Forget about that, you idiot!" Sanji roared, opening his shark-like mouth. "Don't forget there's a big guy chasing us!"

Xi Yan was somewhat helpless upon hearing this. "If you can't eat it, you can't eat it. Why are you yelling?"

"Stop talking nonsense," Zoro said. "Quickly change direction and stay away from that candy."

Although they didn't know if that big guy was after the candy, they couldn't afford to gamble!

So... let's just go around there!

Seeing that Zoro had said so, the others gradually changed direction and quickly moved around to the side of the candy.

After getting away from the candy, Brook turned his attention to the people around him.

He was curious why these guys weren't running away.

"Owner."

A man in protective gear, holding Den Den Mushi, said, "We've reached the vicinity of the giant gelatinous object and have also delivered the candy here."

"The deployment of the Video Den Den Mushi is currently underway."

As he spoke, the man glanced at the giant Den Den Mushi) covered in a protective membrane.

With that bubble protective film, this big guy won't be harmed by the Poisonous Gas.

"Okay," Caesar said. "Once you've placed the Den Den Mushi, return to the lab as quickly as possible, or it will be dangerous..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a gasp of surprise coming from the Den Den Mushi.

"What's wrong?"

"Something's wrong, Master!" the man said, his face grim. "There's a malfunction!"

"The sled of the Dragon Sleigh has started to melt for some reason and is no longer usable!"

"The rope connecting the dragons has also broken..." another person said.

"Damn it, what on earth is going on?"

"Could this be a reaction to the medication?"

"This means we won't be able to get back to the research institute quickly!"

"Oh no, the dragon has escaped too!"

The man was completely stunned as he watched the dragon flee rapidly into the distance.

What should they do?

"Damn it, how could so many unexpected things happen?" Caesar said with a grim expression, "Isn't this absolutely terrible!"

Seeing Caesar's expression, Monet's lips twitched slightly as he said, "Such a fake performance..."

Only idiots would believe that.

Caesar ignored Monet and continued speaking through the Den Den Mushi: "Anyway... you'd better run, or you'll be in danger!"

"By the way, protective suits are useless, so remember to take them off and run."

"Run to the research institute as fast as you can!"

"Yes... yes!"

"We understand!"

"Should we take off our protective suits?" the man next to him asked, dumbfounded.

Without these protective suits, could they withstand the Poisonous Gas?

"Master is definitely right, so take it off!"

"That's right, there must be a reason why Master says that, so let's trust Master!"

"Profound!"

Soon, these guys took off all their protective suits and ran towards the distant area, clearly intending to return to the research institute as quickly as possible.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Caesar, having overheard everything, decisively ended the call with the Den Den Mushi, then smirked and said, "What a bunch of well-behaved kids~"

Since these guys can't come back, let them make the most of their abilities.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Use the deaths of these guys to prove the power of your weapons!

Whoosh!

Then, Caesar walked in front of the Video Den Den Mushi and made his image appear in the snowy mountains.

"Um?"

Looking at the image appearing in the sky, Brook exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, look! There are figures in the sky!"

"Ignore him, run!" Sanji said.

They don't have time to stay and observe the situation carefully; they must leave as quickly as possible.

"But that guy swallowed the candy..."

"Swallowed the candy?"

The others immediately turned around to look at the salamander with curiosity, and then showed expressions of surprise.

That guy really came for the candy, huh?

Just then, the sound of Den Den Mushi came from Xi Yan's arms.

"Pineapple pineapple pineapple~"

"Pineapple pineapple pineapple~"

"Pineapple pineapple pineapple~"

"Den Den Mushi?"

Xi Yan looked surprised, clearly not expecting anyone to call him at this time.

Thinking this, Xi Yan jumped onto Sanji's back, signaling the other to carry him away.

"Hello!"

Sanji stared blankly at Xi Yan and said, "You run away by yourself, you bastard!"

Although he used Franky's body, it was very large.

But... carrying someone along is tiring too!

"I need to answer the phone, so you'll have to do that for me."

"Ha?"

Sanji was immediately filled with questions. What did this have to do with answering the phone?

Xi Yan ignored the guy and instead took out two Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

"Kaga ~"

"Hello?"

It's me.

Huh?

It's actually Shakky-jie?

Xi Yan looked surprised and said, "Didn't we just talk on the phone? Why are you contacting me again?"

Could it be that they've obtained some interesting information again?

"Because I discovered something," Shakky said, holding a cigarette and looking at the image in front of her. "Something that concerns you."

"How so?"

"You're running through a snow-covered mountain, right?" Shakky said. "And there's a huge gelatinous thing following behind you."

How did you know?

Xi Yan looked surprised. How did Shakky-jie know what had happened here?

Could it be...?

As if he had just remembered something, Xi Yan turned his head and glanced at the giant Impression Den Den Mushi in the distance.

"Because I saw it," Shakky said. "I saw it through the Image Den Den Mushi."

"I knew it..."

It seems that what he thought was similar; Shakky-jie did indeed see the scene because of that Den Den Mushi.

Then, Xi Yan asked with some confusion, "By the way, why do you have that Image Den Den Mushi channel?"

Could it have been Caesar who gave it to them?

What was Caesar's purpose in doing this?

Is this a demonstration of the behemoth's power?

"Because that's what Caesar gave it," Shakky said. "Just now, he sent a message to the people of the Underworld that he was going to test a weapon."

"According to him, this weapon is powerful enough to destroy an island!"

"I don't need to say the rest, do I?"

Hearing Shakky's words, Zoro and the others' expressions gradually turned ugly.

A weapon to destroy an island?

What kind of weapon would it take to achieve that effect?

Xi Yan, on the other hand, had a look of Satori realization. No wonder Shakky-jie hadn't mentioned this when she contacted him earlier; it turned out that Caesar had spontaneously started the live stream.

Then, he turned to look at the salamander that had eaten the candy and said, "This thing can destroy an island?"

What kind of deadly poison would it take to destroy an island?

"I don't know then," Shakky said. "But that's what Caesar's announcement said."

"Isn't this guy afraid that news of his presence here will get out?"

You know, that guy was a wanted criminal too.

Once his information about Punk Hazard is exposed, then... doom awaits him!

"He didn't say where he was conducting his experiments," Shakky explained. "I know the location... only because I saw you in the footage."

Otherwise, she wouldn't know where the experiment was taking place.

"Looks like this guy's pretty cunning," Xi Yan said, a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Now he understood: Caesar intended to use all of their lives for this experiment!

In this way, he can not only obtain very good experimental data, but also kill all those who know the truth here!

That's ruthless!

"So you all need to get away from that thing as fast as you can," Shakky said without hesitation. "I suspect that the weapon Caesar was talking about is that thing, and it's probably highly poisonous!"

Although Caesar never described what his weapon looked like, her intuition told her that it might be Caesar's weapon.

"We're already running," Brook shouted without turning around, "But... but we're so tired..."

He felt like his lungs were about to explode after running all that way!

Ah~

Although he doesn't have lungs that can explode, yo ho ho ho ho~

"We have to run, even if we're exhausted!" Shakky said. "Otherwise, we might die there!"

"No, I absolutely cannot die here!"

Kin'emon roared, "I have important things to do!"

After saying that, Kin'emon rushed forward, his expression turning ferocious.

Sanji:...

Is this the potential for explosive growth?

He seems to be unleashing his potential.

"Interesting."

Xi Yan smiled, then looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand and said softly, "Shakky-jie, is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"That's all, just this one thing."

Shakky gently tapped her cigarette ash, then continued, "I hope to hear news of you all still alive soon."

She didn't want these promising youngsters to die from Caesar's kind of weapon.

Don't worry.

Xi Yan smirked and said, "We're not going to die in this godforsaken place!"

That's it~

"Kaga ~"

Looking at the Den Den Mushi whose call had been ended, Shakky sighed helplessly.

She wasn't worried about Xi Yan, since he was immortal and wouldn't die even if attacked by Caesar's weapon.

But... the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates aren't up to it.

However, Xi Yan's abilities, taking Little Monkey and the others away alive shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking of this, Shakky gradually relaxed.

Just then, Rayleigh pushed open the door and walked in, carrying a flask of wine.

"Yo~"

"Isn't this Mr. Rayleigh?" Shakky glanced at Rayleigh and said, "So you've finally decided to come back?"

Upon hearing this, Rayleigh coughed lightly and said, "I just missed you."

Of course, the real reason was that he ran out of money, so he came back.

Shakky rolled her eyes and said, "I think you just don't have money for drinks."

She knew Rayleigh's character all too well.

Missing her?

She would have believed that twenty years ago, but now?

Stop joking, okay?!

Rayleigh chuckled upon hearing this, offering no rebuttal.

"Okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning."

Tomorrow morning?

In other words, tonight...

Rayleigh glanced at Shakky, who had a half-smile on her face, and then fell silent for a moment.

He started to regret it.